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Bill: Religious Act of 3300
Details
Submitted by[?]: True Men of God Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes the withdrawal from a treaty. It will require half of the legislature to vote in favor[?]. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 3301
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Withdraw from the Embargo of Nations that Suppress Freedom of Religion.
Article 2
Withdraw from the Secular Freedom Treaty.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government requires foreign missionaries to register with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Current: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: The government determines which missionaries are permitted to visit on a person by person basis.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: There is a National Curriculum which is advisory only and is not binding on any schools.
Proposed: invalid choice
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning religions.
Old value:: There is no government policy concerning a state religion.
Current: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Proposed: There is an official state religion, but membership is completely voluntary.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:00:18, May 08, 2012 CET | From | Socialist Republican Party | To | Debating the Religious Act of 3300 |
| Message | This legislation is an affront to every Alorian who values their spiritual liberty and the Republican Party will never support it |
| Date | 01:02:39, May 08, 2012 CET | From | True Men of God Party | To | Debating the Religious Act of 3300 |
| Message | This legislation allows the people of Aloria to show pride in their beliefs. Notice, nothing is mandatory. It is no more a real matter than having a dog as the national animal. Is that an insult to cats? Be rational here, no one is forcing you to do anything. And read the treaties, they are very restricting. |
| Date | 08:23:36, May 08, 2012 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Religious Act of 3300 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, this bill would be deeply damaging for Alorian society. Religion and the state have no place mixing and we have a duty to respect religious freedom including those who have no religion. Withdrawing from those treaties would have a damaging effect on Aloria, a country I might add, which prides itself on its internationalism. |
| Date | 09:32:12, May 08, 2012 CET | From | Alorian Independence Party | To | Debating the Religious Act of 3300 |
| Message | Article 4 has nothing to do with religion, and for this we're voting no. |
| Date | 21:18:42, May 08, 2012 CET | From | Alorian Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Religious Act of 3300 |
| Message | Article 4 needs to be removed. The rest of the Bill is agreeable with the ALP. The treaties listen above actively force secularism onto our citizens. Yet the Parties against this Bill mostly claim they are for the freedom of the individual yet they wish to suppress the individual;s right to a religion. None of the relevant articles make any reference to forcing religion onto someone. If this Bill is revised, removing Article 4, then the ALP will support this. Until then we will not, purely because of the presence of Article 4. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 22 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 228 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Treaties will be eligible for deletion if they are more than 50 in-game years old and have no currently ratified members. |
| Random quote: "The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority." - Ralph W. Sockman |